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Old 17th June 2008, 06:58 PM   #1
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Video Game Industry Cartel Conspiring to Harm Jack Thompson

[MontyPython]
And now for something completely different: A man unhealthily obsessed about something other than 9/11
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I have been asking the Justice Department simply to meet with me about [the video game industry's] criminal targeting of me for harm... Our US Attorney here has obstructed that effort... Instead of being afforded the Justice Department investigation to which I am entitled, I get today harassment from that same Justice Department...
Enjoy the change of scenery, friends.
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Old 17th June 2008, 07:09 PM   #2
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Jack Thompson...

Glad he is getting the boot. He even dared try to cater to the anti-war crowd by saying video game industry was run by the military to recruit kids.
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Old 17th June 2008, 07:27 PM   #3
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He's just mad he isn't getting his way. Also could be that he might be in a bit of trouble.
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Old 17th June 2008, 07:29 PM   #4
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Jack, meet whirlwind.
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Jack Thompson is a modern tragedy. A man brought down by his own ego and thirst for power. I shed not a tear for him.
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We were going to jump over three times our own height and land right on his head, but then we realized we were too out-of-shape to pull it off.

We're now trying to break bricks, hoping to get a star so we can just run into him.
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Old 18th June 2008, 12:10 AM   #7
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Again, which NWO agent is selling secrets to the ouside world?

And if letting outsiders know our secrets isn't enough....

Quote:
Originally posted by Ignite:
this makes a lot of sense
for one thing, the PS2 controller is really well designed
for another, Saddam Hussein (allegedly) used them for something similar. he had thousands of Ps2's shipped to Iraq a few years ago.
to play games with? doubtful. theories abound that they were used for weapons control/programming etc
Good thing no one knows our real weapons!



some NWO agent will get fired!
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Old 18th June 2008, 12:19 AM   #8
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So we're not talking about this bloke then? :

www.flixster.com/actor/jack-thompson
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Old 18th June 2008, 04:35 AM   #9
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2 Live Crew = residents of Liberty City projects in Miami.

Grand Theft Auto IV = Set in fictional "Liberty City."

Took a decade or two, but the chickens finally came home to roost.
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Old 18th June 2008, 04:42 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Cobalt View Post
He's just mad he isn't getting his way. Also could be that he might be in a bit of trouble.
What's with the squirrels?
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Old 18th June 2008, 11:21 AM   #11
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What weapon will the Video Game industry use to off Thompson?
The BFG ("Big F-----g Gun") from "Doom"?
The Shrink Ray Gun from Duke Nukem 3d?
Talk about paranoia/
Jack Thompson is Mrs. Grundy squared.
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Old 18th June 2008, 11:37 AM   #12
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Maybe we can introduce him to the 'BADD' people, the ones who were running around badmouthing D&D, and introducing a 'questionaire' that showed that they didn't have a hint of a guess of a small clue how an FRP game worked.
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Old 18th June 2008, 11:48 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by MarkyX View Post
Jack Thompson...

Glad he is getting the boot. He even dared try to cater to the anti-war crowd by saying video game industry was run by the military to recruit kids.
If that isn't the point of America's Army I feel that it may be time to look at some of the militry's spending.
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Old 18th June 2008, 01:14 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by CptColumbo View Post
What's with the squirrels?
Hm? Happy birthday, by the way.
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Old 18th June 2008, 02:11 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by dudalb View Post
What weapon will the Video Game industry use to off Thompson?
The BFG ("Big F-----g Gun") from "Doom"?
The Shrink Ray Gun from Duke Nukem 3d?
Talk about paranoia/
Jack Thompson is Mrs. Grundy squared.
Perhaps the gravity gun from Half Life. Gamers love that weapon.
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Old 18th June 2008, 02:20 PM   #16
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If that isn't the point of America's Army I feel that it may be time to look at some of the militry's spending.
So, since the US Army made and aggressively marketed AA, that proves the "video game industry was run by the military"?

Do you see a difference there?
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Old 18th June 2008, 02:21 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by CptColumbo View Post
What's with the squirrels?
And what's with Paul Simon, Paul Newman, Ray Charles, Ed Bradley, Jack Nicholson, etc.?


Originally Posted by from law.com
The court described one of Thompson's recent filings in detail. He dubbed it a "children's picture book for adults," interspersing images with text in his motion due to "the court's inability to comprehend" his arguments. Images included "swastikas, kangaroos in court, a reproduced dollar bill, cartoon squirrels, Paul Simon, Paul Newman, Ray Charles, a handprint with the word 'slap' written under it, Bar Governor Benedict P. Kuehne, a baby, Ed Bradley, Jack Nicholson, Justice Clarence Thomas, Julius Caesar, monkeys, a house of cards," the order said.
How very...odd.

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Originally Posted by abenja1 View Post
Perhaps the gravity gun from Half Life. Gamers love that weapon.

I am kicking myself in the butt for forgetting that one. Nothing is more fun then using it to throw huge piles of scrap metal at your foes and crush them.
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Old 18th June 2008, 02:33 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by Tomblvd View Post
So, since the US Army made and aggressively marketed AA, that proves the "video game industry was run by the military"?

Do you see a difference there?
Sure but I think when countering that claim the disclaimer about AA is needed.
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Old 18th June 2008, 02:41 PM   #20
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Jack Thompson is just odd.
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Old 18th June 2008, 02:51 PM   #21
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He's just mad he isn't getting his way. Also could be that he might be in a bit of trouble.
Jack Thompson (Campus shooting expert) is not mad and he has a certificate to prove it. Though if someone I knew was proud that they had a certificate that proved their sanity I would think they were *********** nuts.

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The man is a loon3. He compares video games to polio, introduced gay pornography into his own trial (who knows why?) and said the unbanning of Manhunt 2 in the UK was like molesting children.

Nobody should be listening to this nut.
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Old 18th June 2008, 03:18 PM   #23
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For those who are unfamiliar with Jack Thompson:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Th...%28attorney%29


I think the terms "Crackpot", "Fanatic" and that wonderful Aussie term "Sticky Beaker"(someone who always sticks his nose in other people's business) can be applied to Thompson.
I also bet he is the kind of lawyer who, when he walks up to a courthouse, every judge who sees him says "God, I hope he is not on my docket".

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Jack Thompson is just a stark,raving loon.
Fixed that for you.
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For an interesting insight into Jack's mind, I submit the following email exchange he initiated with the creator of the VG Cats comic:

http://vgcats.com/jack.php
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For an interesting insight into Jack's mind, I submit the following email exchange he initiated with the creator of the VG Cats comic:

http://vgcats.com/jack.php
Kind of a more radical Tipper Gore?
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Kind of a more radical Tipper Gore?
Yeah, with much more of a racial overtone to it. The day after 2 Live Crew got arrested in Broward, a (GREAT) alternative band called Too Much Joy played the same club and performed the entire Luke Skyywalker set list and not a thing happened to them.

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And in breaking news, Jack is possibly facing lifetime disbarment:

http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/07/...l-referee-says
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I love how he considers himself an expert, and yet, blamed videogames for the VT shooting before the identity of the suspect was even announced to the public. I sware he has Fox and MSNBC on speed dial by now. Almost as much of a tradgedy whore as Alex Jones. Well, almost.
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I'm an expert too! On watching people self destruct!

..anyone want popcorn?
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If you have the patience to read the 169 page referees report attached to that link, you will see examples of some truly unforgivable behavior by Jack. Not all of it is related to his video game shenanigans.
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Alareth: I decided Jack Thompson was too much. I have some standard to my insanity, you know.
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In sending documents to opponents, Thompson would frequently attach a photocopy of his driver's license, with a photo of Batman pasted over his own, just to make sure they knew who they were dealing with.
How on Earth did he ever manage to get certified as sane?
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When A state Bar Association, who are notoriously forgiving toward bad behavior by members of the Bar, recommends that someone be permamnently disbarred, you know things are really, really, bad.
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Looks like his career of nuissance is at its final end.
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/09/25/disbarred
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Considering his in court antics I'm not surprised.

I sure am glad he got his comeuppance.
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Looks like his career of nuissance is at its final end.

Wow, are you ever an optimist.

"Now the fun begins."

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Thompson looks forward to successfully litigating his federal claims, now before US District Court Judge Marcia Cooke in the Southern District of Florida.

Thompson always wanted to own a Bar. Now, armed with multiple US Supreme Court rulings that no state bar can do what it has done to Thompson, he is set to own that Bar.
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If he would have halfway followed the standard rules of legal behavior, Thompson would not have been disbarrred. It was not his kooky stand on video games that got him disbarred... The Bar association, quite rightly, did not think the merits of his cause were the issue here....but his being a total stupid jerk about it.
Thompson can still file lawsuits though, like any citizen can. And he can also play the poor persecuted Matyr now, which is the only downside to this.
Now will the Gaming Industry cancel the Contracts it had out on Thompson?

Gee, I would have seen him shrunk down to a few inches by the Duke Nukem Shrink ray weapon, then stomped by the Duke's mighty foot....
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Wow. I knew he had a bee in his bonnet about videogames, but I didn't realise how out there he was.
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Wow. I knew he had a bee in his bonnet about videogames, but I didn't realise how out there he was.
From Wikipedia:
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In 2006, two Michigan gamers began a project dubbed "Flowers for Jack", soliciting donations to deliver a massive floral arrangement to Thompson’s office. The flowers were delivered in February along with a letter aimed at opening a dialogue between Thompson and the video gaming community. Thompson rejected this overture and forwarded the flowers to some of his industry foes, with such comments as "Discard them along with the decency you discarded long ago. I really don't care. Grind them up and smoke them if you like."
Apparently he doesn't even respond to the North Korea treatment.
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